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Best Soundbite Ever From CNN’s Larry King Live which I have on in the background in my hotel room in China: Larry: Thank you, Paris.Paris: Thank you, Larry…Larry: (turning to camera) Paris Hilton…tomorrow: Colin Powell Awesome. I miss America.

I’d like to think it’s because I’m stunningly handsome and instantly unforgettable, but, I’m afraid that it’s much more likely that I’m one of the Westerners here. Either way, it is impossible for me to blend in here (in China), … Continue reading →

Look, Chinese TV sucks, there’s no two ways about it. It has nothing to do with the fact that I can’t understand any of it, that barely bothers me at all. It also isn’t some prejudice against Chinese media, because … Continue reading →

The thing about China is that you can (if you set your mind to it) bear anything that is thrown at you. What would you like to eat?Anything. Whatever’s good with you is good with me!Really?Really.OK, then we’ll have the … Continue reading →

Why? What do you do at work? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4oFbrSBHSU]

I’ll tell you one thing, it’s not because I won the lottery.

This is how you know it’s getting bad: some gas stations (apparently) have a $50-cap on debit/ATM card purchases when you pay at the pump. I don’t know if this is some kind of state or federally mandated thing, or … Continue reading →

For the first few months of my life I took baths in the sink. Mom (presumably) would toss me in with the dishes and scrub me down with Palmolive. Then, I moved to the actual bath tub where mom would … Continue reading →

Plenty has been said already about the Virginia Tech shooting. It’s an unspeakable tragedy in terms of violence, premeditation, and scale. An offshoot of all of this has been renewed debate about gun control in the US. Great Britain, perhaps … Continue reading →

Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died Wednesday night in Manhattan. He … Continue reading →